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Word: thousand (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Sales of passenger cars in 1954, said Chrysler Corp. President Lester Lum Colbert, will reach 5,000,000 "and perhaps several hundred thousand more." Said "Tex" Colbert: "The big overwhelming reason for optimism is that the whole economy is at the beginning of a great era of growth, not at the end . . . Economic progress, once it gets rolling, never finds a place to park and rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: No Parking Here | 11/23/1953 | See Source »

...Shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than five years or both." (36 Stat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Off to Yale Get Biennial Warning: Mann Act Holds Peril | 11/20/1953 | See Source »

...bill was supported at the summer meeting of the NSA. Over a thousand Simmons College students sent post cards to their congressmen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NSA Wants College Expense Exempted From Income Tax | 11/19/1953 | See Source »

Although this musical thief couldn't sell out the stacks today, her excuse is as valid as ever. Presently, there are five thousand officers' books overdue--more than on third of Widener's current circulation. Furthermore, most of these books are not destined to return for months. Although every book is classed as "overdue" after two weeks, the library doesn't bother Faculty members with fines or warnings for almost a full year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Among the Missing | 11/17/1953 | See Source »

...several thousand readers who answered the questions, many of them added a note about themselves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 16, 1953 | 11/16/1953 | See Source »

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